Category: News

Guardian chief names law firms that threatened legal action over HSBC files

Newspaper received 130 lawyers' letters -- editor-in-chief tweets a selection

Feb 11 2015 3:07pm

Meet ‘Hewie’ the social media savvy law firm dog

North-east solicitors adopt a cuddly puppy look for their firm’s Twitter personality -- but no word on whether pets are allowed to join staff during working day

Feb 11 2015 12:20pm

BPTC student stands for local council in Grayling’s constituency

Funnily enough, young Labour party candidate and wannabe barrister takes a dim view of the Lord Chancellor’s record on access to justice

Feb 11 2015 9:22am

Morning round-up: Wednesday 11 February

The morning’s top legal news stories and social media posts

Feb 11 2015 8:01am

Legal pic of the day

Stock image fail

Feb 10 2015 5:26pm

Linklaters latest magic circle firm to release newly-qualified retention rate – 91% stay on

Only Clifford Chance remains silent on which qualifying trainees will be lucky or sad

Feb 10 2015 4:47pm

Review: Better Call Saul — spinning off Breaking Bad

Much anticipated legal drama will leave many viewers cold and depressed -- but it's early days yet

Feb 10 2015 3:29pm

‘I attached a picture of my snake instead of my certificates … and I still got the job at Clyde & Co’

How do you land a role at a top City firm? Send them a picture of your pet snake

Feb 10 2015 1:30pm

5 out of 42 of Slaughter and May’s qualifying trainees leave firm

Retention rate at elite firm falls to lowest since 2013

Feb 10 2015 10:59am

The Durham Uni law student pulling in City firm-levels of cash in return for dating sugar daddies

Final year law student earns £1,500 for between two or three "dates" a month

Feb 10 2015 9:38am

Legal pic of the day

More lawyers should have branded motorbikes

Feb 9 2015 7:36pm

Full letter: Lawyer for ‘Left Shark’ replica designer responds to Katy Perry’s cease & desist threat

What could pop star "possibly stand to gain from declaring war on an Internet meme"?

Feb 9 2015 5:53pm

Video: ghost poleaxes woman in law firm reception

Take care the next time you're waiting for a lift at any law firm in the Chilean capital of Santiago

Feb 9 2015 3:40pm

Freshfields to open Manchester office for ‘repetitive legal work’

Second member of the magic circle to try "northshoring", with junior lawyer positions likely to be up for grabs

Feb 9 2015 2:57pm

Barrister’s ‘gagging for it’ blog about rape goes viral for all the wrong reasons

Weekend newspapers tear into veteran criminal brief, who stands by shocking blog post

Feb 9 2015 9:09am

Katy Perry’s lawyers send cease & desist letter to ‘Left Shark’ replica designer

Global mega star wheels out international law firm to clamp down on internet knock-off Super Bowl sharks

Feb 7 2015 11:26am

Nazi bomb hoax barrister handed 12-month jail sentence

Michael Shrimpton’s professional fate in the hands of bar regulator as prison term comes in wake of child pornography conviction

Feb 6 2015 5:18pm

Legal pic of the day

'English Law Day' in Seoul fails to wow Koreans

Feb 6 2015 3:26pm

Lib-Dem justice minister bombarded with flack for pompous Magna Carta tweet

Social justice campaigners draw Simon Hughes’s attention to the fact that his government is devastating legal aid budget

Feb 6 2015 2:05pm

City firm coaxes all staff to embrace pro bono ethic by asking for 25 hours a year

Transatlantic giant Hogan Lovells launches bid to spread charitable works across all levels of its business -- including trainees, and presumably dinner ladies too

Feb 6 2015 12:10pm